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China jails security officers for fatal beating

China has jailed four security officers involved in beating
to death a man who filmed them clashing with villagers over a rubbish dump,
local media reported on Tuesday.

Authorities in January arrested at least a dozen urban
management officials in Tianmen, in central China's Hubei province, for their
part in the death of Wei Wenhua, a local construction company manager, state
media reported.

Urban management officials are employed in Chinese cities
as a secondary security force to take the pressure off police, but are
regularly accused of heavy-handedness in carrying out their duties, which often
includes waste management and supervising street vendors, reported Reuters.

Wei, who stopped to film a brawl using his mobile phone,
was discovered and beaten by more than 20 of the officials, the Beijing News
said, citing the Qianjiang People's Court in Hubei.

He died after the beating triggered a heart attack, the
newspaper said, citing notes from the court.

The court sentenced the head officer involved to six years
in jail, while three others were handed jail terms of between three and five
years.

The court decision
comes as authorities in the northeastern city of Harbin investigate six police
officers for their part in a melee outside a nightclub that lead to the death
of a sports university graduate.